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A math teacher has a large box of colored pencils for her students to use during class. Two-sevenths of pencils in the box are red. If there are 28 red pencils, determine the number of colored pencils in the box. Show how you found your answer

User Muaaz Rafi
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Answer:

8

Explanation:

28 divided by 2/7 =8 8 times 3 =24 1/7 is left remaining 1/2 of 8 is 4 4+24=28

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